Cabot Tower

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Construction on this squat stone tower began in 1898 to mark both Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee and the 400th anniversary of John Cabot's discovery of Newfoundland. That's all well and good, but the really nice thing is it blocks out the incessant wind at the top of Signal Hill.

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